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Software Tips, Tricks and Tutorials

SD 79 Technology Standards for Hardware and Software are documented in the district's K-12 Technology Plan. SD79 uses the Mac OS X platform at all elementary and middle schools, and a mixed Windows/Mac OS X environment in secondary schools.


For Tutorials and sample lessons, please visit SD79 IT Resources Website... http://www.sd79.bc.ca/itresources/

Below is a list of the software currently comprising district standard/approved software.

Mac Operating System:

  • System Preferences (Speech, Universal Access)
  • Managing files

UDL (Universal Design for Learning) Software

  • Classroom Suite 4
  • Co-Writer
  • Kurzweil

Elementary Schools (Mac OS X.4):

  • Office Suite: iWorks 08 (Pages, Keynote, Numbers), Notebook 10
  • Multimedia: iLife 06/08 (iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD), Photobooth (iMac Labs only)
  • Multimedia: Kid Pix Deluxe 3X
  • Mind Mapping: Kidspiration
  • Graphic Novel: Comic Life
  • Visual Arts: Seashore
  • Browsers: Safari, FireFox
  • Screen Capture: Grab
  • Auditory: Audacity
  • FTP: Fetch
  • Web Design: iWeb, Webblender2
  • Social Networking: iChat, Classroom Wikkis

Middle Schools (Mac OS X.4 and above):

  • Office Suite: iWorks 08 (Pages, Keynote, Numbers), MS Office 2003/2004 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Multimedia (iMac Labs only): iLife 06/08 (iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD), Photobooth
  • Visual Arts: CS3 (Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver)
  • Mind Mapping: TBA
  • Graphic Novel: Comic Life
  • Browsers: Safari, FireFox
  • Screen Capture: Grab
  • Auditory: Audacity

Secondary Schools (Windows XP & Mac OS X.4 and above):

  • Office Suite: iWorks 08 (Pages, Keynote, Numbers), MS Office 2003/2004 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Multimedia (iMac Labs only): iLife 06/08 (iPhoto, iTunes, GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD), Photobooth
  • Visual Arts: CS3 (Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver)
  • Mind Mapping: TBA
  • Graphic Novel: Comic Life
  • Browsers: Safari, FireFox
  • Screen Capture: Grab
  • Auditory: Audacity